Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “thwacker” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

14 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
thwacker	20	4	287	(None)
thwacked	21	3	272	1	thwacked
thwackers	21	4	222	1	thwackers
hacker	15	48	2269	2	_h_acker
tacker	12	42	2450	2	t__acker
thacked	17	38	1020	2	th_acked
thanker	14	30	959	2	th_anker
thicker	16	36	1102	2	th_icker
thwack	18	3	421	2	thwack__
thwacks	19	5	361	2	thwack_s
thwarter	14	3	339	2	thwarter
tracker	13	35	1517	2	t_racker
wacker	15	49	2012	2	__wacker
whacker	19	36	850	2	wh_acker

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	14	3.140	38553.8
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.546	50392.3